Patent · US Active

Device for superposed MRI and PET imaging

US7835781B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Ralf Ladebeck · Erlangen, DE
Diana Martin · Herzogenaurach, DE
Norbert Rietsch · Dormitz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 3, 2007
Grant date	Nov 16, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T1/1603
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device is disclosed for superposed MRI and PET imaging and includes an MRI tube that has a first field of view along its longitudinal direction, and a multiplicity of PET detection units arranged opposite one another in pairs about the longitudinal direction. In at least one embodiment the many PET detection units define a second field of view along the longitudinal direction, and their arrangement density along the longitudinal direction is optimized such that the second field of view substantially corresponds to the first field of view.

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